Which change would increase the rate at which oxygen diffuses into the blood in the lungs?
an increase in the number of capillaries around each alveolus
an increase in the thickness of the wall of each alveolus
a decrease in the number of alveoli in each of the lungs
a decrease in the rate at which blood flows through the lungs
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